August 29, 2013
DIGITAL HISTORY BOUQUET
Abstract: An introduction to the issues and resources concerning Digital History for the History Department community. Panels will focus on Theoretical Digital Humanities, Computational Methods and Scholarly Communication.
Speakers: Alex Gil (Digital Scholarship Coordinator, Columbia Libraries), Manan Ahmed (History Department)
October 2, 2013
THE HUMAN RIGHTS RESTORATION-REVOLUTION
Abstract: The opening lecture in a seminar series revolving around the largely unknown 1949 Unesco Human Rights Exhibition.
Speakers: Marco Duranti (Lecturer, University of Sydney), Discussant: Samuel Moyn (History Department)
Location: Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.
Co-sponsored with the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society and the Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research.
October 30, 2013
JUDITH BUTLER AND CORNEL WEST, IN CONVERSATION
PALESTINE AND THE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL: HONORING EDWARD SAID
Abstract: On the Tenth Anniversary of Edward Said’s passing, renowned scholars Judith Butler and Cornell West will discuss what it means to be a public intellectual and Edward Said’s impact on the academic discourse of Palestine.
Location:
Speakers: Lila Abu-Lughod, James Schamus, Judith Butler, Cornel West
Time: 7:00pm
Co-sponsored with the Center for Palestine Studies (CPS) with the generous support of the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) and the Anthropology Department, as well as the Middle East Institute (MEI), Heyman Center for the Humanities, Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWAG), Center for International History (CIH), Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race (CSER) and the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society (ICLS).
October 30, 2013
METATRANSPARENCY
Abstract: A discussion of the preparation and publication of the official documentary history of U.S. foreign policy in the Foreign Relations of the United States Series
Speakers: Joshua Botts and Lindsay Krasnoff
Location: 406 International Affairs Building
Time: 3:00-4:30pm
Co-sponsored with the MA/MSc Program in International and World History
October 30, 2013
ALTERNATIVE ACADEMIC CAREERS AND PUBLIC HISTORY
Abstract: A conversation between historians from the Office of the Historian, Department of State for a discussion on public history and alternative careers to academia
Location: 406 International Affairs Building
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
November 7, 2013
VISUAL CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
A Conversation with Thomas Keenan, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Director, Human Rights Program, Bard College
Location: Second Floor Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University
Time: 6:15pm
November 13, 2013
BURSTING THE EXCEPTIONALIST BUBBLE
Abstract: Why North Americanists should read Brazilian History (and why most don’t)
Speakers: Rebecca Goetz (Professor, NYU)
Location: 411 Fayerweather
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
December 2, 2013
COOLIE WOMAN WITH GAUITRA BAHADUR
Abstract: A conversation with author Gaiutra Bahadur and Bruce Shapiro.
Speakers: Gauitra Bahadur (Author), Moderator: Bruce Shapiro
Location: World Room, Journalism School 3rd Floor
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Co-sponsored with the Dart Center.
December 5, 2013
EARLY MODERN CORRUPTION AND THE LUSOPHONE WORLD
Speakers: Nandini Chaturvedula (Centro de História de Alé-Mar, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Location: 411 Fayerweather
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm
December 9, 2013
HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE WORLD STAGE
Speakers: Sharon Sliwinski (Associate Professor of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario) with commentary by Rosalyn Deutsche (Adjunct Professor of Art History, Barnard College)
Location: 602 Hamilton
Time: 6:15pm
April 11-12, 2014
QUESTIONING SPACES OF CITIZENSHIP IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE
Location: TBA
Time: TBA
February 27, 2014
RE-PRESENTING PAKISTAN: Journalism, Justice and the ‘War on Terror’
Abstract: Pakistan has been called a failing state and the most dangerous country on earth. Western media has spotlighted the militancy and the duplicity of the Pakistani state towards its American partner. Yet, stories about the Pakistani victims of the “war on terror” remain scant even though thousands of Pakistanis have been bombed, disappeared, detained and displaced. This panel will examine the relationship between the representation of Pakistan in the media and the “war on terror.” It will discuss alternative models to pursue and publish ethical journalism.
Speakers: Asim Rafiqui (Photojournalist, Open Society Fellow), Sarah Belal (Human Rights Lawyer, Founder of Justice Project Pakistan), Madiha Tahir (Writer, filmmaker, Ph.D at Columbia Journalism School), Saadia Toor (CUNY Professor, Author of State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan)
Location: Columbia Journalism School, 3rd Floor Lecture Hall
Co-sponsored with The Sevellon Brown Fund, Columbia Journalism School Photojournalism Department, and the Center for International History